Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI

NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Navy Storm Track
Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
Forecast Models
Alternate Hurricane Models via Skeetobite
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi
Buoy Data Florida

Images:

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Radar

Ft. Polk, LA Long Range Radar Loop

Northwest Florida Long Range Radar

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:

Hurricane Wind Risk Very informative tables showing inland wind potential by hurricane strength and forward motion
Central Florida Hurricane Center
New Orleans Web Cams Loads of web cam sites here. The sites have been very slow due to high traffic
New Orleans Music Online Couldn't resist--love that jazz
Golden Triangle Weather Page Nice Beaumont weather site with lots of tracks and graphics
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics

Live streaming:

WWL-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham (WMP) - mms://a1256.l1289835255.c12898.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1256/12898/v0001/reflector:35255
WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm
WKRG-TV/DT Mobile (WMP) - mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts			Minimal
Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts	28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb	6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts	27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb	Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

[RightWhale]

Last year they dodged one just about this big. You'd think that would get their attention.

[Shqipo]

...."As far as food goes, it's a fact that healthy people can survive two to three weeks without any food at all..."
--And remember what the experts in the Schiavo Case told us: 'Death by starvation is not painful, but peaceful!'

These NO'ers have survived the dreadful SAINTS all these years, they'll weather Katrina. Good luck, all!

[Jrabbit]

Earlier, Fox showed the NG taking water into the dome....

[CaptSkip]

...lay of Janice Dean...

Freudian slippage ;^)

[maggief]

I don't think I'll be able to sleep. :(

[mware]

I suspect if NO survives this storm, there is going to be a call for a new election for mayor.

[MEG33]

I can pray for it anyway...I have known for years about the unique danger to New Orleans if a big one hits..from what I'm hearing, the Mayor just found out yesterday...Good Grief..

[Carolinamom]

The Bourbon Street partying fatalists are hopeless fools.

[spectre]

MSNBC is picking up LIVE New Orleans channel 6 Broadcasts. The Mayor is in the Studio. Very interesting.

I'll go check, DJ!

[Age of Reason]

Criminals. NO has a lot of street crime. And I understand the authorities are searching people sheltering in the dome for concealed weapons.

[EDINVA]

the hotel where Shep is staying has one very unique feature for New Orleans .. its basement is dub oug (as I recall, there's a restaurant/night club below), so that, in essence adds another floor to that hotel... but you couldn't PAY me to be in NO right now, and I am a true NO lover (crime notwithstanding)

[GRRRRR]

Actually, the reason buildings 'explode' during a tornado or high winds, is that the AIR PRESSURE on the outside of the structure is much LOWER than the air pressure on the inside of the structure.

Once the pressure differential between the inside and outside gets too much, the INSIDE AIR PRESSURE pushes the walls and roof OUT. The gas (air) inside has to expand to fill the LOWER PRESSURE OUTSIDE the structure.

If the winds blow hard enough on the Superdome structure and create extremely LOW PRESSURE zones, like wings on a plane create low pressure on the wing and cause it to lift UP, then the SuperDome structure will also create LIFT into the low pressure zone as the internal air pressure (under the wing-roof-walls) reacts to the lift...poof, one dome opens up like a JiffyPop!!

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for checking in. Stay safe, and let us know how things are going in your area.

[mhking]

Where do you rank him on the Chief Moose scale ???

He's about two Mooses higher than Chief Moose. Plus he's a bit more photogenic than Chief Moose.

[bored at work]

Nah, that cant be. We pay our taxes so the government is prepared for an event like this. Dont get excited. Everything is gonna be just fine:) </sarcasm>

[Dog Gone]

I wasn't going to mention it. But it's out there and it's coming.

First things first, though.

My wife's cousin lives in New Orleans and he told me this afternoon that he's not leaving. I pleaded with him, but he said it was too late (probably true) and that the levees have been improved.

At this point, I just want to wake up and discover that this was all a bad dream.

[Revel]

"It also leaves an ugly red X."


Which if you are on a dial up and really want to see the image anyways...You can just click on the X and load the image.

[beyond the sea]

it seems likes its going to hit well west of NO

Not to me.

[Churchillspirit]

If it works, what is wrong with that?

[hole_n_one]

I agree.

The last time I checked, hyperbole and Dog Gone were never on the same page.